Do You Have What it Takes to be Part of a TEAM?

Team, in business terms, is defined as a group of people with a full set of complementary skills required to complete a task, job or project.  “Team members operate with a high degree of interdependence, share authority and responsibility for self-management, are accountable for the collective performance and work towards a common goal and share rewards.  A team becomes more than just a collection of people when a strong sense of mutual commitment creates synergy, thus generating performance greater than the sum of the performance of its individual members.”

WOW – What a cool concept!

What better way to excel in any business model than to assemble a team to highlight ALL team mates strengths!  There probably is no better concept…Throw out the me’s, my’s and I’s and get back to basics.  We all grow up, throughout our younger life on teams- whether it be a sports team, an intellectual team, the team-teaching concept in school, our family is even a team of sorts.  All these “teams” groom us for success, always providing a type of parachute of people to help us not fail.  So why not apply this thought to business, as a fun and inspiring way to live in our adult world – It seems so basic!

Think, Act, and Lead Like an Executive

Thinking skills, strategic management, leadership, broad interpersonal skills, communication, motivation, adjustment, and scale and scope. Some of these components are easier to encompass in your daily routine more than others, while some require training and practice.

As your career progresses, so do your thinking skills. Experience plays a large role on how you think. Early on, your judgment may not be as informed as a person with many years of experience, but the way to develop this skill is to learn from others and consider what their options there were at the time. To be thoughtful in an executive sense, you need to consider your future, finances and your perspective of the world around you.

And the world around you will require a great deal of planning and execution. You will need to develop broad business strategies, translate them into objectives, and ensure these objectives are executed. Execution also involves dealing with issues when they arise, and fully understanding a problem so you can revise it.

This requires leadership, and so will your career if you want it to go in the direction you envision. Having the right leadership can lead to attracting and developing talent around you, while also empowering your staff to recognize that they have the potential and ability to do more as well.
If used correctly, your leadership skills will turn into motivation for not just your staff, but yourself. You will become more ambitious, and aggressively pursue your goals. This will be evident to your stakeholders, employees, customers, the community, and will benefit your business greatly.
With your staff and clients, your interpersonal skills with be challenged and will evolve drastically. The sooner you realize how important it is to show respect and understanding to the people around you, the sooner it will be for you to attain success. Having broad interpersonal skills will help you network and communicate with the people who shape your world.

To adjust within your ever-changing world is also essential to your lifelong success. Your ability to mature and adapt to your surroundings will allow you to feel more comfortable, work more efficiently, and have less stress in your life.

And as you adapt, and communicate more clearly with an open mind, you’ll have a greater understanding of the landscape of the business that surrounds you. You’ll have a greater knowledge of the industry and what it takes to be successful. This will allow you to be more prepared and successful in future endeavors.

Giving back to the Community

The Butler Team last weekend had a blast at the Main Street Winter Haven Kids Feast and Beach Party. It was a beautiful humid Saturday morning and getting ready for all the excitement to come. There were sand sculptors, 15 truck loads of sand, fire trucks spraying water to keep kids wet, hampster balls for kids get into and roll and much more. Our booth had lots of give-aways, frisbees, water bottles, candy, toys, a raffleand ice cold water and boy did we have fun! Just to see the kids expressions, fish for toys was so much fun. Being able to give back to the community has always been a passion for our team. Even though the rains came in late afternoon we still had alot of fun getting wet ourselves and look forward to doing it again!

How To Be Flexible With Your Customers…

Ever wonder what makes someone tick or Why they think the way they do?

Try “Mastering the DISC”

D Director. Fast talker, little emotion. Short & to the point. Seeks the bottom line.

FEARS being taken advantage of.



I Socializer. Fast talker, lots of emotion. Doesn’t like details. Name dropper. People person. FEARS loss of prestige.



S Supporter. Slow talker with emotion. Wants security. Ask for their opinions & feelings. FEARSchange.



C Thinker. Slow Talker, little emotion. Likes facts & details. Cautious. Analytical. Ask for their opinions. FEARS criticism of work.

Knowing one’s personality can really make the difference…give it a try!

How to Lose Weight Quick

Ok I am one of those people who hates to diet! So when I need to lose weight quickly for a vacation or a wedding coming up, I have done what is called the mayo clinic diet. It is a very simple diet. No carbs except the 8oz of (not from concentrate) grapefruit juice you drink after breakfast, lunch and dinner. In the am you eat eggs cheese bacon, all you want. Then 8oz of the grapefruit juice. Lunch, salad with meat cheese and all the dressing you want again the 8oz of juice. Dinner veggies and meat followed by the juice. It will shred the weight off of you but there is no cheating on this diet! Google mayo clinic diet for more details and good luck!!

Apple or pear: Which one are you?

Well guess what? this doesn’t matter anymore!  comparing womens bodies this way turns out to be an

unfruitful predictor of heart risk, researchers have recently reviewed 58 studies representing over

220,000 people  contrary to the belief that if your carrying extra tummy pudge is worse than having

hefty hips, they found that all excess fat wherever its deposited is dangerous.  in fact the analysis which

linked specific risk factors to future cardiovascular health, body-shape measures, such as waist circumference

and waist-to-hip ratio, were relatively poor forecasters, but obestity itself did matter.  it can set you up

for some of the leading risk factors, such as high blood pressure, abnormal cholesterol and diabetes!  the

good news for apple and pears, being overweight is something one can change, with good healty diet and

good excerise routein. here are some fat burning mistakes that women generally make:

Mistake 1 Skipping Breakfast and Not Eating Protein in the Morning
Do not skip breakfast thinking you'll save calories or you are too busy. The worst reason for skipping breakfast is that you are not hungry. You are looking at maximum fat loss, improving your energy, health and quality of life here. You have to eat food to stimulate your metabolic rate. Plus, protein is necessary for hormonal balance and maintaining balanced blood chemistry. Protein will keep your muscles full and tight, instead of stringy and saggy.
You need a paradigm shift. You need to put your physical body first. Skipping breakfast triggers ravenous hunger later in the day and slows down your metabolism. A study in the Journal of Obesity Research shows that eating breakfast, which contains equal protein to lowglycemic wholegrain carbohydrate ratios every single day is a key strategy among people who average  60 pound weight loss and have kept it off for six years. 

Mistake 2 Starving Yourself
Slashing too many calories too fast hoping to lose more fat is a total mistake unless you are eating 4,500+ calories like a male bodybuilder who eats to grow. Cutting your calories down to a starving rate; under 1,000, pushes the body to conserve fat rather than burn it.
It literally shuts down your metabolism, which is your body's natural primary calorie and fatburning system. In many cases it forces your body to use healthy muscle tissue for survival fuel.
Work on eating four mini balanced meals a day to keep your metabolism fired up and your energy constant. You will see greater results faster this way, plus you will have healthier digestion that is crucial for fat loss. Get that food in and keep it moving out! Don’t let it settle in your colon creating bloating, parasites and poor weight loss results.  remember key to fat loss is consume your daily if not just a little more of your calories, remember this allows your body to shift to metabolic.  metabolic = fat loss. and fat loss = healthy life style!

Renting vs. Buying

CALLING ALL RENTERS. Tired of paying out money every month with nothing to show for it. Maybe you should consider that now is the perfect time to buy a home. Why you ask. Home prices and interest rates are at a record low. Depressed home prices have created great buying opportunities.

There are many advantages to home ownership. These are just a few of them.

1. Tax deductions - Did you know that you can deduct mortgage interest payments and property tax payments from your taxes.
 

2. Building Equity - Buying a home lets you build equity over the years you own your home.

Let’s look at what you can save just by purchasing a home. Average purchase price of home at $100,000 and interest of 4.5% over a 30 year period with your down payment . Your monthly payment would be $488.95. If you are renting doesn’t this sound good. Get off the fence and give me a call. I’m waiting to hear from you.